Army chief leaves Dhaka for US on an official visit

Army chief Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed
ISPR

Army chief Gen SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Monday left Dhaka for US on an official visit at the invitation of US army, according to a press release of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) department.

It says the army chief will meet US army high officials including army chief of staff and chief of national guard in Pentagon of Washington DC and officials at the defence secretary office.

General Shafiuddin will be included in the Hall of Fame as the graduate of Near East South Asia Centre of the National Defence University. He is set to participate in a roundtable on South Asian Regional Security there.

On 25-26 April, Bangladesh army chief is scheduled to meet the leading personnel at the Department of Safety and Security, Department of Operational Support and Department of Political and Peace building Affairs at the UN Headquarter in the US.